Inua Ellam’s The Half God of Rainfall is a modern take on ancient mythology / basketball saga which is part poem / part play. It’s about as far away from a regular piece of fiction as you can get, and I really wanted to try make it feel different in the way the cover was approached.

From the get go, Jo Walker’s wonderful covers for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s paperbacks were a loose reference, so I kept things graphic and pattern based.

Matt Johnson is a London based book cover designer. Among the works in his portfolio is the incredible jacket for Rachel Khong's Goodbye, Vitamin published by Scribner UK. Here he shares for us his artwork and process, along with the original concepts developed by the creative team.

Sian Wilson is a Senior Designer at Simon & Schuster UK. Among her works is the cover design for Dani Atkin's This Love. Wilson answered questions for Spine about her process in developing the piece.